Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 16, 2018

Companies that are better at supply chain planning are better able to manage operating margins and inventory turns. The event is on September 4th-7th in Philadelphia, PA. We sit on 9,000 quantitative responses and we want to better understand the drivers of supply chain excellence. It is the same as a flip of the coin. .”

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 27, 2014

The average client that has implemented demand sensing technologies has reduced inventory by 11%. Yes, it may decrease short-term sales, but in the longer-term it will increase customer service, reduce inventory and improve the execution of new product launch and trade promotions. I will be landing soon in Philadelphia.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 30, 2018

Energizer and Unilever are driving the fastest rates of improvement and Clorox and P&G improvement rates are the slowest on the Metrics That Matter of Growth, Operating Margin, Inventory Turns, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)). Average Performance Metrics for Consumer Nondurable Industry for the Period of 2010-2017. What Is Risk?

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. Research shared by APICS suggested that the biggest impact on revenue, total SC cost, inventory, and adaptability is the capability to successfully link S&OP to daily/weekly tactical planning & execution.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 26, 2016

At Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia 2016, attendees were encouraged to think about the past, present and future of their businesses from a fresh perspective as they gained insights into the latest analytics and optimization technology. Did you attend Quintiq World Tour Philadelphia? Let me know what you thought!

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2018

My caution is not so fast… 95% of companies are not making progress at the intersection of growth, operating margin, inventory turns and asset strategies. Here I show orbit chart comparisons at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns for the period of 2006-2017. This is especially true for the Titans.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. Research shared by APICS suggested that the biggest impact on revenue, total SC cost, inventory, and adaptability is the capability to successfully link S&OP to daily/weekly tactical planning & execution.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 7, 2018

When we study 600 public companies by peer group, at the intersection of inventory turns and operating margin, only 5% drive improvement. In this case, the metrics are operating margin and inventory turns. Operating margin is a measurement of profitability and inventory turns is a measurement of how fast inventory turns based on sales.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 10, 2018

Improvement on the key metrics of growth, inventory turns, operating margin and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is elusive. I hope that you can join us at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in Philadelphia on September 4th-7th, 2018. Then it was sexy. Today, it is not. 90% of public manufacturing companies are treading wate r.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 11, 2015

Companies are aggressive in the design of inventory buffers with active work through network design to build the right push-pull decoupling points, implementation of supplier monitoring and score carding, and the development of business continuity plans. Focus on Multi-Tier Inventory Management. Impact of Supply Chain Disruptions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 21, 2015

In Figure 1, I share an analysis of user satisfaction of demand, tactical supply, inventory and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) technologies using this technique. There are more outliers in the inventory and demand planning responses creating longer ‘whiskers.’ What else do we see in the data?

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. Research shared by APICS suggested that the biggest impact on revenue, total SC cost, inventory, and adaptability is the capability to successfully link S&OP to daily/weekly tactical planning & execution.

Prescriptive Analytics Software 120

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 19, 2015

However, for elements like forecast error, customer service and slow-moving inventory self-reported data is not sufficient. 4) Best Forecasters do not Have the Best Inventory Results. In this work, Debra would take a month of forecasting, inventory and other supply chain data and evaluate trends. Increase in Complexity?

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Ware2Go

JANUARY 21, 2022

This is why freight shipping is the best value for safely forward stocking heavy and bulky inventory to guarantee 1-2-day nationwide delivery. Full truckload (FTL), also known as TL, is ideal for customers moving enough inventory to fill an entire truck, while less than truckload (LTL) shipments are too small en masse to require a full truck.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The company said it has invested more in inventory planning and partnerships with suppliers so it has enough goods on hand while making sure it can route items to where they’re urgently needed.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Last week, I spoke at the CPHA supply chain conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Companies that are good at demand management understand the need for design–form & function of inventory and push/pull decoupling points –and the orchestration of demand to make better decisions in sourcing, transportation and delivery.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 6, 2015

It is finally spring in Philadelphia. I am busy finalizing a report on the current state of the inventory optimization market, rewriting and updating a report on Sales and Operations technologies, and penning a new report on Supply Chain Centers of Excellence. (We I love spring. It is a time for awakening.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 5, 2013

It was a sultry day in Philadelphia. Monthly design of the supply chain including form and function of inventory and inventory placement. Focus on the level of inventory. Inventory is often focused on as a singular metric, not as part of a complex supply chain system. Last week, it felt like August not May.

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Supply Chain Insights

JUNE 1, 2017

This past month I attended our Supply Chain Insights Bootcamp training led by Lora Cecere in Philadelphia and facilitated the first course of a Cross-Company Academy training, End-to-End Supply Chain Orchestration. For example, inventory turns are plotted with operating margin (see Figure 2).

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 17, 2015

2) Inventory is a Hot Potato that No One Wants, but Everyone Needs To Own… In the process of feeding the beast, inventory is a hot potato that no one wants, but everyone needs to own. The first challenge, is to define a job position and process for inventory management. Figure 5: Inventory Ownership.

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 25, 2015

It is a beautiful fall day in Philadelphia. While many consultants argue on the name–the debate rages with strong arguments of “Should it be Integrated Business Planning (IBP), Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP), or consensus planning?”–the It is always fun to write great research. Figure 1.

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QAD

MARCH 3, 2022

Some important milestones in telephone history followed: The first phone line was operated between New York and Philadelphia in 1885. Inventory took time and physical resources and relied entirely on paper-based methods. Bell eventually won the subsequent legal battles over the invention. Mobile devices changed that.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 3, 2018

And, when companies are better at supply chain planning (which is largely determined by talent development) their supply chains are more resilient and better balanced between cost and inventory targets. We hope to see you at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 4-7, 2018 in Philadelphia, PA. Strategy to Network Design.

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Bristlecone

OCTOBER 21, 2019

At LogiPharma 2019 in Philadelphia, Deepak Ghodke, Vice President, Bristlecone Labs, spoke about how it is, therefore, not at all surprising that the increase in AI adoption has also extended to enterprises in recent years. to gain real-time visibility, traceability and utilization analysis of inventory, assets and products.

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Supply Chain Insights

JULY 23, 2017

Understand inventory write-offs, impact of forecast processes and technology satisfaction in the planning benchmarking. Three courses are scheduled for in Philadelphia. Use our Metrics That Matter methodology to look at improvement and performance. Use the information to set targets for a balanced scorecard. Scalable pricing available.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JULY 3, 2015

Inventory Turns (15%) (based on 2014 results). The foundation to drive meaningful improvement is reliability in driving results at the intersection of costs, inventory and customer service. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the content for the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 18, 2015

When there is a common reporting strategy, progress in metrics performance at the intersection of operating margin and inventory turns is faster. for the public training in Philadelphia i n August and the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit in September. This is a sign of organizational maturity.

Sourcing Strategies 150

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I knew nothing about the world of logistics, inventory management and order optimization. From the research, we know that when organizations have source, make and deliver reporting to the same leader, that supply chain performance improves (intersection of operating margin and inventory turns). The year was 1985.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Supply Chain Shaman

AUGUST 5, 2015

These giants drove slight improvements in operating margin, inventory turns and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) despite a slowing economy. Over the past two years, P&G made impressive gains in operating margin and inventory turns, but the company failed to equal the ROIC test for asset utilization.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Last week’s 2015 LogiChem conference was held in Philadelphia, PA, the birthplace of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. The chemical supply chain continues to faces significant challenges, with more global and complex supply chains, leaner inventories, and rising customer expectations.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. It bundles Integrated Business Planning, a Supply Chain Control Tower, Inventory and Demand/Supply planning into a new cloud-based architecture based on HANA. The land looks like a giant puzzle. These are my thoughts.

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Logility

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Customers recognized were Mandy McCain of Berry Global, Katherine Storer of Berlin Packaging, Stephanie Francis of ChemPoint, Michelle Wielemaker of Capral Australia and Mariam Belghith of Laboratories Philadelphia in Sfax, Tunisia (laboratories SIMED). Company and Technology. Demand Management, Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Amazon has invested in what it calls “mini-fulfillment centers” closer to where customers lived in select US markets, initially in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas. Now, the company has announced that it is expanding its same-day, Prime delivery service to 6 more US cities.

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Supply Chain Shaman

JUNE 15, 2015

I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. It bundles Integrated Business Planning, a Supply Chain Control Tower, Inventory and Demand/Supply planning into a new cloud-based architecture based on HANA. The land looks like a giant puzzle. These are my thoughts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 16, 2023

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Spirit Halloween are two of those companies that participated in the conference sessions. This annual and agile business model makes it extremely important that the company has visibility of its inventory across locations.

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DAT Solutions

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Outbound rates edged up in Los Angeles, Dallas, Philadelphia and other major freight markets, however, as shippers rushed to move inventory before the quarter ended on Wednesday. TriHaul: Columbus - Philadelphia - Pittsburgh. Find a load from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh , which paid an average of $2.31/mile

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